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Symposium on unidentified flying objects: hearings before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, second session, July 29, 1968.
U.S. House of Representatives · 1968-07-29 · 256 pages · text from the file's own layer
This is the printed record of a July 29, 1968 symposium on unidentified flying objects held by the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives, chaired by Rep. J. Edward Roush. The committee heard statements from six scientists: J. Allen Hynek, James E. McDonald, Carl Sagan, Robert L. Hall, James A. Harder and Robert M. L. Baker. It also printed papers from Donald Menzel, Stanton Friedman, Frank Salisbury and others. Hynek argued that puzzling UFO reports from competent witnesses deserve serious scientific study.
“Scientific American”26 pages
- p. 7 …We
approach
the
question
of
unidentified flying objects
as purely
a
scientific
problem, one of unanswered…
- p. 9 …Civilian with U.S. Navy 1944.
Scientific Societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science;
Astronomy…
- p. 10 4
subject
as
rank
nonsense, the
product of
silly
seasons,
and
a
peculiarly
American
craze
that…
- p. 11 …Thus my scientific reticence was based on a
carefully weighed decision.
In attempting analysis of the…
- p. 24 …American Association for Advancement of Science, American Meteorological
Society, Sigma Xi, American Geophysical Union, Royal Meteorological…
- p. 30 …witnesses,
members
of
the
staff
of
the
American Newspaper
Publishers
Associa-
tion,
were
the
witnesses
in…
- p. 46 …Scientists will
tend
to
be put
off
by
some
of
his
scientific
commentary,
as
well
as…
- p. 47 …Information
on
some
of
these,
as
well
as
on
smaller
American
groups,
can
be
found
in…
- p. 76 …have
been
ignored
as
indicators
of
some
scientifically
intriguing
problem
demand-
ing
intensive
study.2.
Case…
- p. 91 …UFOs—An International Scientific Problem, paper
presented at a Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Canadian Aeronautics…
- p. 118 …Navy,
1944-45.Scientific Societies:
Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancementof Science, Society of…
- p. 131 …Phillips,
American
Scientist, v.
53, no.
1,
p.
32).
Fused
silica
fibers
have
been
stressed
to…
- p. 132 …Baker's
professional
society
memberships
include
the
American
Associa-
tion
for
the
Advancement
of
Science,
Phi…
- p. 147 …REFERENCES
(1) The "American Nautical Almanac" 1950.
(2) H. 0. No. 214, "Tables of Computed Altitude…
- p. 156 …00060
"Influence
of
Martian
Ephemeris
and
Constants
on
Interplanetary
Trajectories,"
Chapter
in
Exploration of
Mars,
American…
- p. 202 …25
adult
Americans has
seen
a
UFO.
Judging
from
the
one
detailed,
official,
scientific
investigation
that…
- p. 204 …Originally
operated
jointly
by Harvard and
the
University
of
Colorado,
this
scientific
institution
is
now
wholly…
- p. 213 …a
paper
presented in
a
symposium
sponsored
by
Division
21, Engineering Psychology, at the
American
Psychological…
- p. 214 …As
a member
of the Parapsychological
Association
and
the
American
So-
ciety
of
Clinical
Hypnosis,
I…
- p. 215 …1) The
Scientific
Attitude
Survey
(
Sprinkle,
1962)
is
not
useful
in
assessing
"scientific"
attitudes,
and/or…
- p. 217 …Henderson
is
a
member
of
Alpha
Chi, the
American
Geophysical
Union,
the
Society
of
Exploration
Geophysicists…
- p. 220 214
Professional
affiliations
include
the
American
Physical
Society,
the
American
Nuclear
Society,
the
American
Institute
of…
- p. 223 …of the Astronautical Sciences'the American
Engineer 2020 Industrial Research,' Scientific Research'8 Aviation Week
and…
- p. 225 …A.,
"UFO's
Merit
Scientific
Study,"
Science,
October 21, 1966,
and
Astro-
nautic8
d
Aeronautics,
December…
- p. 226 …of Baltimore
Los Alamos
Scientific
Laboratory
Local
sections
of
the
American
Institute
of Aeronautics
and
Astronautics…
- p. 251 …Scientific
American, 200:
117-128.
157
III.
Neuro-ophthalmologic Evaluation
A.
"Eye" History
Subject denies
previous
history
of
transient blindness,
blurred
vision, double vision, spots or
shadows before
his
eyes
or
protracted pain
inhis eyes.
His last
eye
evaluation
was
20
years ago. This
was
during
high
school and
was
prompted
by
headaches
when reading. Reading glasses
were pre-
scribed
at
that time
and
he
wore
them for
approximately eight
months and
thendiscarded
them.
He denies any
eye problems since
that time. He
states
that
both
his
parents
wore glasses
only for
reading
and that none
of
his siblings
wear
glasses. He states also
that his father
developed glaucoma
at
age
55
and
was
required
to
use eye drops
to
keep
it
under control.
There
is
no
history
of
trauma
or
infection
in the
past
five
years.
On
questioning,
the
patient acknowledges
a
mildly
irritating tearing which he has
noticed
for six to
eight weeks,
associated
with
a
slight mistiness
of
his
vision.
He
also has
been wearing sunglasses on bright
days for the
same
period
because
the
sunlight hurts
his
eyes.
B.
Qualitative Ophthalmologic Examination
Subject
is
right eye dominant.
There
is
no
evidence
of
structural
abnormality, trauma,
or
ptosis
(see
photo
in
Section
III
C
1).
The palpebral
fissure
is of
normal shape and size.
The
cornea
is
clear bilaterally but theconjunctivae show
a
moderate
degree of injection, without discoloration.
Thesclerae
are also
clear without abnormal vessels
or
pigmentation.
The iris
is
bilaterally brown.
The
pupils
are
symmetrically round, equal,
and
both
4
mm.
in
diameter.
They
reacted
to light
sluggishly and responded
to
accommodation
directly and consensually
(see
Fig. #1). The
extra-ocular muscles function
normally. There
is no
image separation upon red glass testing. There
was no
nystagmus either horizontally
or
vertically.
Funduscopic examination reveals
a
poor
red
reflex bilaterally.
There are
no
apparent floaters or
other opacities in
the
vitreous.
The
disc
shows sharp margins bilaterally but
the normal
physiologic cupping
is
absent.
There
is
a
pale quality
to
the nerve head. Both retinae show
a
confluent
mottling which completely obscures
the
macula. There
are no
hemorrhages
or
exudates.
The
arteriovenous ratio
is
approximately 5
to
1.
Gross confrontation shows no apparent field cuts and
no
extinction
to bimanual visual stimuli.
C.
Quantitative Neuro-ophthalmologic Investigation
1.
Photographs of
exterior eyes (gross):
(Taken with
a
Zeiss
1.5 F. lens from 15
cm. using strobescopic lighting). The
conjunctival injection
is
visible;
the
absence
of
pigmentation,
the
state of
the pupils, and the axis of the eyes are
clearly visible.
Cases discussed
- The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima 1917
Except for the Fatima incident... Walsh, Our Lady of Fatima - The Kenneth Arnold Sighting 1947
June 24, 1947... Mr. Arnold, reported "nine peculiar-looking aircraft" - The Father Gill Sightings at Boianai 1959
Boiani, New Guinea, June 26, 27, 1959... Father W. B. Gill - The Lonnie Zamora Incident, Socorro 1964
terrain of the Socorro, New Mexico, sighting, April 24, 1964. Zamora first sighted the object - The Exeter Incident 1965
Exeter, New Hampshire, September 3, 1965... Patrolman Eugene Bertrand - Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale 1966
the subsequent one in the Michigan swamps
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